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The potential of Sharing Resources for mitigating carbon emissions and other environmental impacts

Description du projet

L’impact de la taille des ménages sur les émissions de carbone

Dans l’Union européenne, la taille des ménages est en train de diminuer. Par conséquent, le taux de réduction des émissions de carbone par habitant est également en baisse. La compréhension de ce processus sera déterminante pour la planification de politiques efficaces en matière de réduction des émissions de carbone. Le projet ShaRe, financé par l’UE, étudiera l’impact de la réduction des ménages sur la réduction des émissions de carbone par habitant, plus généralement, et sur l’environnement. L’objectif du projet consiste à élaborer des propositions politiques pour la planification de politiques efficaces en matière de réduction des émissions de carbone.

Objectif

Household sizes in countries of the European Union have been declining steadily, and this trend is set to continue in the future. This is likely to ‘slow down’ reductions of per capita carbon emissions because it reduces economies of scale within households. It is important to understand these ‘reduction offsets’ in order to design effective carbon reduction policies.
This project will examine the role of declining household sizes for trends in per capita carbon emissions and other environmental impacts, using longitudinal and cross-sectional household expenditure datasets for EU countries, and input-output data on emissions and other environmental impacts. Qualitative expert interviews will be carried out to formulate policy recommendations, taking underlying sociological and demographic trends into account. This project therefore seeks to make an original empirical and theoretical contribution to understanding the ways in which consumption-based emissions and environmental impacts are embedded within broader socio-cultural trends. Its policy recommendations will help to design more effective carbon reduction policies.
This fellowship will facilitate a unique two-way transfer of knowledge between the host, Dr Buchs, at the University of Leeds Sustainability Research Institute, and the ER, Dr Ivanova, from the Norwegian University of Technology and Science. Dr Ivanova, a trained economist, will contribute her skills in input-output carbon footprinting modelling and econometric analysis. She will gain new knowledge and skills in the sociological and mixed methods analysis of underlying trends of household emissions and environmental impacts, as advised by Dr Buchs who is an environmental social scientist. The fellowship will equip Dr Ivanova with new knowledge, research and project management skills, enabling her to establish herself as an internationally recognised academic in this field and a connector between research, policy and civil society.

Champ scientifique (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classe les projets avec EuroSciVoc, une taxonomie multilingue des domaines scientifiques, grâce à un processus semi-automatique basé sur des techniques TLN. Voir: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

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Coordinateur

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 212 933,76
Adresse
WOODHOUSE LANE
LS2 9JT Leeds
Royaume-Uni

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Région
Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Leeds
Type d’activité
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Liens
Coût total
€ 212 933,76